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Today’s post is a bit of a study. In photography one of the challenges is always how to isolate your subject? What we mean here is how to make sure the viewer looks straight at the part of the image we want them to look at.
In modern photography it’s common to see shallow depth-of-field being used to blur the background, hence isolating the subject in the foreground, but there are various other methods too. The following images are my efforts to try different ways of isolating my subject:
1. Framing – Filling a large part of the image with something largely uninteresting to force your eye into the smaller, more interesting section. New one for me but very effective, and simple
2. Framing – Using the foreground to build a frame around the subject. I love this one, you’ll see a lot of curved tree branches framing pictures on the site!
3. Lighting – Using a single bright or dark portion of the image to draw the eye. Only really usable in favourable lighting situations, like early morning, or late afternoon. Often used in forests where you get shafts of light illuminating small areas.
4. Background – Ensuring the subject stands out from their background. Often overlooked, but making sure the background contrasts with the foreground can be a very simple way of creating an amazing picture.
5. Shallow depth of field – Blurring the parts of the image you don’t want the viewer to look at. This requires a certain type of lens and/or having the subject pretty close to the camera. 6. Lighting – Similar to 3
7. Motion blur – Panning the camera to blur the whole picture except the subject, who is moving in the same direction as the camera. Takes practice and can be frustrating. One of the best ways to isolate a subject from a very busy scene.

If you have any more ideas please let me know, always interested in new ways to shoot!

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